Recollections of a traveller, Strathcona, Alta. - [Insert placed inside booklet, "Recollections of a traveller ++ Strathcona, Alta.] - Part of Strathcona, Alta. - Saskatchewan River at Strathcona Alta. - Lumbering on the Saskatchewan, Strathcona, Alta. - Strathcona's first school - Grandin street school - Duggan street school - On the Saskatchewan, Strathcona, Alta. - White Mud Creek, Strathcona, Alta - Farm scene, near Strathcona, Alta. - Mill Creek, Strathcona, Alta. - Recollections of a Traveller++Strathcona, Alta.

by: Cowles, FrankCowles, FrankCowles, FrankNorth Saskatchewan River (Alta.)Cowles, FrankNorth Saskatchewan River (Alta.)Cowles, FrankCowles, FrankCowles, FrankWhitemud Creek (Edmonton, Alta.)Cowles, FrankCowles, FrankMill Creek (Edmonton, Alta.)Cowles, Frank: Published for

Publication date: 1903

Publisher: Published for Frank Cowles, Strathcona, Alta.

Language: English

Rights: Public Domain

Item Size: 260.8M

The cover of a booklet of printed photographs of Strathcona, Alberta (before it was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton) that was designed to appear as the cover of a leather-bound book.

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Description: A postcard book with postcards inside offering views of Strathcona, Alberta including: a scene of the business district, the Saskatchewan River, Lumbering on the Saskatchewan, Strathcona first school, Grandin Street School, Duggan Street School, a boat on the Saskatchewan River, White Mud Creek, a farm scene and Mill Creek.
To: Mrs Browne
From: MG McClellan
Message: Dear Mrs Browne, Thought these views to be interesting being of the town in which we reside. hope you are quite well, as we are. We are having glorious weather just now. As hot as July at home. Kindest regards from all MG McClellan.
On Back: c.1903. The "book" opens to reveal 8 pages of half-tone views of Strathcona (Alberta) and vicinity. Instructions on the back cover, reserved for address, show that it was not a post card but printed matter, liable to letter rate if a message were written inside. Published for Frank Cowles, Strathcona.
Description: An insert placed inside this booklet that provides additional content information.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-1
Description: A view of Strathcona before it was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton. This view is looking north towards what is now the intersection of 103 Street and Whyte Avenue. In the foreground are numerous horse-drawn vehicles located next to a railroad station.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-2
Description: A view of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-3
Description: A view of men working in the lumber industry along the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-4
Description: Three of Edmonton's earliest public schools.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-5
Description: Women and men on a steamboat ferry travelling down the North Saskatchewan River.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174 6
Description: A view of Whitemud creek in what is now known as Edmonton.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-7
Description: A man in a horse-drawn wagon can be seen in the middle of a field surrounded by stacks of hay.
On Front: [printer's no.] To 174-8
Description: A view of a small bridge built across Mill Creek in what is now known as Edmonton.
Description: The cover of a booklet of printed photographs of Strathcona, Alberta (before it was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton) that was designed to appear as the cover of a leather-bound book.